Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

For more than 150 years, Parisian department store La Samaritaine has overlooked the banks of the Seine, a sweeping expanse of glass and intricately painted iron that proudly proclaimed the store’s position at the center of French commerce, both geographically and ideologically. No One Said Reincarnation Would be Easy.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

JCPenney is celebrating its 120 th anniversary with a fresh campaign centered on retail’s return: “Shopping is Back!” JCPenney also is launching a cross-country “Shopping is Back!” JCPenney is transforming itself with innovation and imagination and is ready to get back to connecting with our customers through shopping.”.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The huge increase in online shopping over the past decade or so has had a major impact on department stores, with many consumers turning to Amazon, eBay and other online shops for shopping, rather than a more traditional trip out to a physical store. Changing culture of shopping.

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Inside Retail

JULY 23, 2024

The long-anticipated deal between Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus could create the ultimate department store behemoth at a time when legacy players are facing increased competition from luxury e-commerce companies and a new generation of high-end brands blending premium products with immersive experiences. billion deal.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

The shop-in-shop retail approach can yield benefits for both the host retailer and the hosted brand, but there are certainly challenges to entering into this type of partnership. Would standing out or blending within the host environment drive the most traffic to the shop-in-shop? Making Space for a Shop-in-Shop Partner.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2024

It’s not a mirage; Barneys is returning to NYC, but only temporarily. It’s a symmetrical turnaround: the Hourglass brand debuted at the famed department store two decades ago. The brand continued to live on through shop-in-shops at Saks Fifth Avenue and launched a diffusion line at Forever 21 (also owned by Authentic) last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

D:R Consumers are now looking for a transformed shopping experience and ways to express themselves through the products they buy. What does this look like in terms of design, and how does this differ from the traditional department store? D:R What does the digitization of shopping look like in a luxury high-end store?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

This retail renaissance is not just a return to traditional shopping spaces but also signifies a shift in the shoppers’ culture, expectations and behaviors. The move toward experiential shopping is vital in bringing people back to physical retail spaces, creating an emotional connection that can’t be found while online shopping.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Isetan-Mitsukoshi is a storied department store chain with 15 units in Japan, including five in the Tokyo metropolitan area. One of them, the Isetan flagship in Shinjuku, boasts the highest sales of any department store in Japan. Sales at Isetan-Mitsukoshi’s Tokyo metro stores are up 33.3 billion yen, or about $2.5

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The biggest swing occurred in department store spending, which saw a 14.3 Especially in department stores, where the consumer appetite to spend appears to have fallen so dramatically between November and December? I think we’ll start to see a return to normality,” Mortimer told Inside Retail. “I

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

Living in a building of historic importance gives one of the world’s pre-eminent luxury department store companies that extra little bit of cache — the trick now is to find ways of being a retailer of future importance, a stiff hurdle upon which so many department store companies are stumbling. Footfall was up 6.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2021

The pandemic has weighed heavily on brick-and-mortar retail in general and shopping centers in particular, but the industry is now emerging into a new world with new opportunities. While digital sales skyrocketed in 2020, the similarly large spike in store-based fulfillment showed that stores are still a vital part of the equation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2024

Marking the culmination of nearly seven years of on-again, off-again negotiations, HBC , parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman , will acquire another storied luxury department store brand, Neiman Marcus , for $2.65 Current Saks.com CEO Marc Metrick will become Saks Global’s new CEO.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

November and December holiday sales average around 19% of total retail sales, per the NRF , and this share can be even higher for some department stores and specialty retailers. In many ways, the same trends we see in consumers’ Q4 shopping behaviors mirror their TV viewership. this year to surpass $1.3 billion online!

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Australian department store David Jones has become the latest retailer to sell pre-owned clothing following the announcement of its partnership with Sydney-based luxury reseller Blue Spinach last week. It also offers second-hand items in its London flagship store through a partnership with online resale platform Vestiaire Collective.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

An old TopShop store in north London’s Brent Cross shopping centre has been revived after two years of sitting empty since the fast fashion brand closed down. It’s now a vibrant pop-up department store selling pre-loved clothing organised collaboratively by 10 charities.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2021

Luxury goods group LVMH unveiled on Monday the revamped La Samaritaine, a 150-year-old department store designed to help it grab a greater slice of tourist spending once pandemic travel curbs are eased. A view inside the revamped Samaritaine department store ahead of its reopening in Paris, France, June 21, 2021.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Precision Group, along with its luxury retailers, is investing $125 million in Adelaide Central Plaza over the next three years as it intends to make the shopping centre Australia’s next luxury retail hub. Louis Vuitton will also open a pop-up store at Adelaide Central Plaza from October 13 to December 28.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Myer currently operates 56 department stores across Australia, as well as its online business and in-house brands including Sass and Bide, Marcs and David Lawrence. per cent increase is a case of under-promising and over-delivering, the department store CEO is taking the win as a sign of more growth to come. “We

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2023

These figures came amid the important ‘ back to school’ trading period, as kids returned to in-person learning. But as we return to a more normalised world, the results [Peter Alexander] continue to deliver is fantastic,” he said. Absolutely] the return to the malls and high street is very consistent with other retailers,” Walker said.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 7, 2023

Department store Myer says sales and profit are continuing to grow despite the challenging economic environment, with its online business continuing to strengthen. per cent fall in FY23 reflected increased online shopping when physical stores were closed due to Covid-related restrictions during the previous comparable period.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

Australian property group Mirvac is displaying Indigenous art in its shopping centres and office buildings across Australia this NAIDOC Week (July 4 to July 11) as part of a partnership with Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative. Beauty education series returns to Highpoint. The store has a weighted average lease expiry of 10.5

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Kohl’s will put Sephora in charge of both its physical and digital beauty departments as part of a new long-term strategic partnership. The first 200 “Sephora at Kohl’s” in-store shops are slated to open in fall 2021, and the Kohls.com beauty assortment will exclusively showcase Sephora product offerings beginning at the same time.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Typically, consumers seek out department stores and shopping centres to get in the holiday spirit but LaManna has managed to position itself as the exception. IR : What are some returning best-selling products from past years, and whats new this year?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Retail rode strong into Q2 2021 as shoppers returned to stores even as digital sales remained elevated. Macy’s off-mall concepts such as Market by Macy’s can further scale the department store’s digital operations by attracting shoppers to stores in additional areas, according to Nikhil Mitter, Group Creative Director at R/GA.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

John Lewis has opened its Christmas shops in 35 stores today as it gears up for the busy festive shopping period. Consumers will be able to purchase everything from trees and baubles to gifting and wreaths in the department store’s dedicated areas.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 11, 2024

A multi-charity shop department store has returned to London’s Brent Cross to celebrate its one year anniversary with two new concept stores. In another market-first, the multi-charity shop will also launch a separate event-based store, with a rotating weekly theme and DJs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

The holiday season brings a surge in shopping, both in-store and online. From mountains of packaging to returned products that may contain hazardous materials, management of returned, damaged or expired products becomes increasingly complex and voluminous during the holidays and post-holiday season.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The shopping mall’s identity crisis has been an oft-discussed topic in the retail industry. Even beforethe pandemic, the narrative focused on how malls were navigating the rise in online shopping and the associated fall in foot traffic. RTP: What is the next big trend in developing an omnichannel shopping mall experience?

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2022

“Despite the unfailing efforts of our teams, high levels of Covid-related team absenteeism and the disruption to our broader supply chain resulted in inconsistent customer shopping experiences and negatively impacted our customer metrics,” he said. The Big W discount department store business reported a 3.5-per-cent per cent.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2021

The nested doll, or outpost, brings excitement and new shoppers to a physical shopping experience that needs new energy. However, the idea of one shop nested in another can bring complexity for store organizations. The strategy intrigues customers and draws new footfall for both brands. Turning Knowledge into Power.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Kohl’s CEO Michelle Gass will leave the department store retailer to take on the newly created position of President, LS&Co., She spearheaded strategic innovations including the introduction of Amazon returns and the retailer’s long-term strategic partnership with Sephora , which has expanded to 600 Sephora at Kohl’s shops.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 20, 2024

Harvey Nichols’ support team faces impending redundancies as the business works on returning to profitability. The layoffs are set to hit 60 staff – amounting to less than 5% of the luxury department store retailer’s overall employee base.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The ‘secret sauce’ for Sheet Society is bringing the look, feel and shopping experience of clothes fashion to manchester and bedding. Hayley Worley: Sheet Society was, at its core, born of a desire to make shopping for sheets uncomplicated and accessible. HW: Traditionally, we shopped for sheets in department stores.

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

The company currently has stores in New York and Los Angeles and also sells through partnerships with retailers including End, Matchesfashion, Browns Fashion and upscale department stores Selfridges and Harvey Nichols. .

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The huge increase in online shopping over the past decade or so has had a major impact on department stores, with many consumers turning to Amazon, eBay and other online shops for shopping, rather than a more traditional trip out to a physical store. Changing culture of shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2020

Shoppers have slowly begun to accept brick-and-mortar’s return: 22% have increased their willingness to set foot into a grocery store or pharmacy since March, according to data from Resonate. According to the survey, 35% of consumers will be most comfortable shopping at department stores following the pandemic, whereas only 16%.

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